Japan's proposal for a moon rover is "more than meets the eye." A new model of JAXA's Lunar Cruiser replicates the Toyota transport and can turn into Optimus Prime.

This lunar mission is for machines only, but JAXA hopes to change that: It's developing a crewed lunar rover with Toyota that is meant to transport people in a pressurized environment.

Toyota’s manned lunar rover, the Lunar Cruiser, currently in development, has successfully completed its first terrestrial driving test. The vehicle is part of a joint project with the Japan ...

Existing lunar rover insulation systems generally utilize expensive heaters or lower-efficiency passive valves attached to loop heat pipes (LHPs) for temperature regulation. ... (JAXA) to design a ...

A crewed, pressurized rover called the Lunar Cruiser has been under development by JAXA and Toyota since 2020. The vehicle uses hydrogen fuel cell technology found in the automaker’s electric ...

NASA and Japan inked an agreement for a pressurized lunar rover. The first non-American to land on the Moon will be a Japanese astronaut after NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Japan's Minister of ...

Japan's lunar lander still powers away 3 months later. What to know about SLIM mission An image the spacecraft managed to beam back to Earth on Tuesday serves as a vital indication that the device ...

A moon rover that traveled aboard Japan's spacecraft to the lunar surface shows the lander upside down. Credit: JAXA A photo of Japan's robotic moon lander shows that though the spacecraft did ...

Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its “moon sniper” robotic explorer landed 55 meters (165 feet) from its target on the lunar surface last week, calling it a “significant achievement ...